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Moving On

Why has it taken so long for the shared island-loving proclivities of Scotland’s first broadcaster and Scotland’s first minister to come to light? For years Jack McConnell has extolled the virtues of holidaying on his native Arran. And while the island might not be home turf for Kirsty Wark, right, she has many times described it as the place she most enjoys spending the summer. Indeed, she was once moved to call the island “an earthly paradise”.

During his singing career, Jim Reid of the Jesus and Mary Chain always made the world sound like a pretty grim place. And now the rocker from East Kilbride has found that London’s property market really has given him the blues. Over a year since Reid put his four-bedroom house in Kentish Town on the market, it still languishes there unsold. He is now planning a new life in Cornwall and would like